Dissertativa 21 - Português e Inglês - IME 2004

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ALLERGIES

Put simply, an allergy is a _____ (1) in which the body over-reacts to _____ (2) substances which in normal circumstances should not produce any _____ (3) at all. An allergy can occur in almost any part of your body, and can be caused by just about anything. Mainly though, allergies become evident on parts of the body directly exposed to the outside world. Certain allergies occur only at certain times of the year, while others are there all the time. Those that occur all the year _____ (4) are probably caused by something you come into contact with every day of your life, some _____ (5) harmless object such as your deodorant or the _____ (6) you lie on each night. Allergies can occur at any time during your life, but usually do so before your fortieth birthday. Sometimes the symptoms are so _____ (7) you do not even know you have an allergy, and it may take years for an allergy to become _____ (8). It all depends upon the _____ (9) of the substance to which you are exposed and for how long. Sometimes an allergy can disappear as suddenly as it arrived, without any treatment. Sometimes it comes and goes for no apparent reason, and with no _____ (10).